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Headlines for 5 September 2001

 Loyalists protesting Catholic school replace rocks with bomb, wounding policemen.
 More rioting expected in Belfast after Protestant boy killed while cycling.
 The Durban race conference is not going smoothly: an overview.
 Bush doesn’t commit — as Republicans want — to vetoing spending bills that will spend next year’s Social Security surplus.
 China will allow News Corp. and AOL television access to its population in return for broadcasting a Chinese government-sponsored channel in the US.
 Michael Chabon and Rick Moody sound out about the Bulgari-sponsored novel.
 A 1994 interview with Pauline Kael.
 Pigeon racer to sue cellular companies for scaring off birds.
 True is True updates to include poetry.
 The map that first named America has made its way to the Library of Congress.
 The White House Web site gets re-designed, now including the first lady’s diary!
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